Couldn't help but notice the little boy not paying attention after Nick Swisher coudln't get that foul ball in the stands by 1B. The entire time that kid was looking away ... probably checking out all the T&A

The end result of the slide into first wasn't good, but it could've been uglier if Bourn had run through the bag and got tangled up with Thornton.

Ah well. Won the series. Can't waste Myers's good starts, but the late life on Peavy's fastball was pretty tough today. Every game they win with Asdrubal hitting .120, Santana out of the lineup, Kipnis batting .120 and a game within the division is good.

Take 2 of 3 from Boston.

A God Damn dead man would understand that if a minor league bus in any city took a real sharp right turn, a Zack McCalister would likely fall out. - Lead Pipe

skatingtripods wrote:The end result of the slide into first wasn't good, but it could've been uglier if Bourn had run through the bag and got tangled up with Thornton.

Ah well. Won the series. Can't waste Myers's good starts, but the late life on Peavy's fastball was pretty tough today. Every game they win with Asdrubal hitting .120, Santana out of the lineup, Kipnis batting .120 and a game within the division is good.

Take 2 of 3 from Boston.

I like the matchups for the BoSox series, even though we face Lester in the finale I have confidence that McAllister can keep us in that one aswell.

"There is but one thing of real value: to cultivate truth and justice and to live without anger in the midst of lying and unjust men"

Minus the fact that Paul Byrd is a God-fearing man who would never hit a woman and Brett Myers is pretty much an asshole.

In retrospect, the FB tendencies of Byrd aren't close to the GB tendencies of Myers. But, I'd take 15-9 4.59 from Myers, for whatever that's worth.

Myers doesn't want to pitch like Paul Byrd in 2007.

Cause that's one to try to find a stat angle on.....good Christ was Paul Byrd about the luckiest guy on the GD planet that year. MISSLES right at guys. Outfielders catchin' balls at the track. Hell. Myers could pitch like that and hang a 6.00 and not make it to the end of the year.

By the way, encouraging today, cause if Myers ain't in the rotation at years end, it's going to be a poor year. Gotta have him.

Cause that's one to try to find a stat angle on.....good Christ was Paul Byrd about the luckiest guy on the GD planet that year. MISSLES right at guys. Outfielders catchin' balls at the track. Hell. Myers could pitch like that and hang a 6.00 and not make it to the end of the year.

By the way, encouraging today, cause if Myers ain't in the rotation at years end, it's going to be a poor year. Gotta have him.

No, I know. That's exactly what I mean. A veteran guy who seemingly knows how to pitch that gets away with a lot of slop in the middle of the dish.

Byrd's 2007 is a joy to study if you're somebody who likes advanced metrics like I do. Really, really interesting.

A God Damn dead man would understand that if a minor league bus in any city took a real sharp right turn, a Zack McCalister would likely fall out. - Lead Pipe